Bel Air vs Cumberland

A side-by-side comparison of Bel Air and Cumberland: population, income, housing, and more.

Bel Air and Cumberland are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cumberland has the higher population (18,938 vs 1,894 in Bel Air). Bel Air has the higher median household income ($87,636 vs $47,819 in Cumberland). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $120,800 in Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Cumberland
Population	1,894	18,938
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,636	$47,819
Median home value	$189,700	$120,800
Median gross rent	$761	$728
Housing units	713	10,355
Homeownership rate	90.9%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Cumberland
Population	1,579 → 1,894 (+19.9%)	19,650 → 18,938 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$54,470 → $87,636 (+60.9%)	$36,145 → $47,819 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $189,700 (+23.5%)	$94,100 → $120,800 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $761 (-5.0%)	$662 → $728 (+10.0%)

Bel Air

Population

1,5791,894

Median household income

$54,470$87,636

Median home value

$153,600$189,700

Median gross rent

$801$761

Cumberland

Population

19,65018,938

Median household income

$36,145$47,819

Median home value

$94,100$120,800

Median gross rent

$662$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Cumberland
Under 5	8.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	22.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	4.2%	11.7%
75 and over	5.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Cumberland
No high school diploma	11.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Cumberland
Drove alone	78.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Cumberland
1-unit, detached	81.1%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Cumberland
Poverty rate	0.4%	23.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1971	1943